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Welcome to Galibier Design. Located in Colorado's Rocky Mountains, we marry modern technology and the spirit of old-world craftsmanship to serve the goal of bringing music alive in your home.

This website is information-rich. We respect the intelligence of our customers, and we're of the philosophy that the more you know about analog, the more you can enjoy this journey, and the more you will appreciate what Galibier has to offer.

Check our News Page for upcoming events and links to provocative posts on our Forum (opens in new window). Be sure to visit the Rants section on our forum - a place where you can get to know us better, through our extemporaneous observations on the audio industry.

Our Design Goals:

• To expand your record collection.

  With all too many "high resolution" systems, you find yourself listening to only your best recordings. Your average and mediocre pressings (many of which are your favorite pieces) sit neglected and unplayed.

  We consider this to be not only unnecessary but a crime against art.

  A Galibier turntable and its supporting products will have you pulling out all of those records you once considered unplayable.

  We do not sacrifice resolution in order to accomplish this goal, and when we demonstrate this to you, it will open your eyes, your ears, your heart, and your record collection. When you audition a Galibier, bring some of your unlistenable vinyl.

  We can think of no higher goal than to return a world of music for your pleasure.

• To help you make better sense of the musical intent of the composer and the artist.

  Music is communicative and evocative. A component that cannot meet this basic criterion is not high fidelity. It isn't faithful to the spirit - the life of the music.

  We approach our task the way a good ensemble musician does - to go unnoticed and to serve the music.

  We consider the "accuracy vs. musicality argument" to miss the point. When you hear our products, we think you'll agree. A component that is truly accurate also serves the music.

  When you listen to a Galibier component, this will all begin to make sense to you. Everything else is just prestige and sound effects.

Our Core Values:

• Quality:

  All Galibiers are proudly made in the United States, where we monitor and control every step of the manufacturing process.

• Reliability:

  Proven concepts, and materials with a track record of longevity. We're confident that everything produced under our roof could be willed to your heirs.

  We see no conflict between our musical aesthetic and our products being in service for a very long time. Only in the past 30 years, it has become fashion to treat durability as an afterthought. This is unacceptable to us at Galibier.

• Sustainability:

  At Galibier, we take pride in releasing mature, stable designs with conservatively designed components that protect the value of your investment.

• Serviceability:

  Galibers' have always been designed with field serviceability in mind. Modularity supports this goal.

  The end user can easily access all parts for maintenance and service. More than one highly regarded, high-mass turntable we know requires either a field visit or the shipping of the entire turntable for all but minor service.

• Long product life cycles:

  Unlike some audio companies whose product life cycles resemble those of the typical microprocessor, we work hard to ensure that your investment retains both its sonic and monetary value.

  Take a look at the Galibier Museum for a visual, Galibier timeline of our products. As we write there:

  Modular construction means that most, if not all upgrades are available to owners of every turntable we have produced.

  Of course, our thinking has evolved. As you view the functional look of our early models, and compare them with our present day turntables, consider their common DNA in the same way you might compare a 1956 Porsche against a present day model.

Why buy from a small, specialist company?

Ultimately, unless you hear our products, nothing we say will or should convince you. We hope that this essay will help you create a short list of standards to which you should hold all manufacturers for all of your audio purchases. Only then, should you set up an audition with us or one of our dealers.

There are good companies of all sizes. All too frequently however, the best support comes from small specialist companies.

Consider the core values of any company whose products you are considering - irrespective of size.

Our Name:

Pronunciation:   Guh-lih-bee-yay

Our hearts and minds are here in the mountains of Colorado, but we admire the great traditions of European bicycling and Alpinism.

In honor of these traditions, we christened our turntable line with names that pay tribute to this tradition - serving as a continuing source of inspiration and reminder of the triumph of will over adversity for the analog heights we work to achieve.

The Col du Galibier is one of the highest mountain passes in the French Alps (Col is French for mountain pass). It has been the scene of countless epic battles throughout the storied past of bicycle racing's Super Bowl - the Tour de France.